<p>Hey guys, these are the 3 colleges i'm deciding on for chemical engineering.
I wanna hear some opinions from people about these schools.
-Which school is better for chemical engineering?
-Which school is good overall?
-Decent engineering reputation?
-Which got good opportunities?
-Any pros or cons about each of these schools?
-Which has higher engineering graduation rate and higher job placement rate?
-Overall school's atmosphere?
-Anyone an alumnus of these schools or currently attending and would like to share their experiences?</p>
<p>I've visited NYU poly many times. I'm planning on visiting RIT sometime next month. I might not visit Syracuse.
Oh and RIT said they will have their Chemical engineering ABET accredited by the time I graduate.</p>
<p>When I visited, I absolutely hated it. The campus (if you can call it that) is extremely ugly and it’s a big commuter school - no social atmosphere what so ever. I also still think it’s an up-and-coming school and it’s programs aren’t very respected as of right now.</p>
<p>RIT and Syracuse are both good. Which one is cheaper? If prices are the same I would personally choose Syracuse. Strong programs and better social atmosphere.</p>
<p>I don’t mind the campus of poly since it’s only in Brooklyn and NYU’s campus is in the city. But since if you want to study engineering you study at Poly. Can’t do anything about it. I guess i’ll minor at CAS or Stern. </p>
<p>I’m hearing the weather is bad up there in the winter times. My friend is telling me that even though Syracuse is very social, the school is not Challenging enough? like there’s no stress but while at Poly, people are studying their butt off everyday because it’s so intense.</p>
<p>But anyway, I think people are understating poly since it recently got merged with NYU and that they are opening many new opportunities. Even though social atmosphere is bad because mostly guys attend poly, the schools just got better in reputation. The girl/ guy ratio is getting better too.</p>
<p>Are you sure you can do this? I remember when I went they said you can take classes at the NYU campus but I’m not sure you can do a full minor.</p>
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<p>Yes. Rochester and Syracuse are both in upstate NY and as a result have harsh winters.</p>
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<p>Syracuse, NYU Poly, and RIT have similar ranks for engineering. In some lists Syracuse even ranks higher. They have an ABET accredited eng program, so I doubt it’s not challenging. Was the person who told you this a student there? I would recommend asking a current engineering student about that.</p>
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<p>I personally wasn’t impressed with poly. I think it’s still too early after the merger to see the true value in the school. 10 years from now my opinion could change.</p>
<p>Yes full minor I believe but i’ll double check again. It is suppose to completely merge on Jan. 1st 2014. My friend who goes to Poly are telling me all this so i’m not sure if he’s being bias or not but so far he’s seems right. I don’t know much about the pay-scale rankings but why is poly listed number 4 in the country?</p>
<p>I personally don’t know anyone that majors in engineering at Syracuse. Who can I contact about that? I’m going to visit RIT sometime next month. Since RIT’s chem engineering is not ABET accredited yet, does that mean it’s not challenging until it’s accredited?</p>
<p>I met with an admissions counselor last week from poly and yes you can do a full minor at NYU. it sounds like you have already made up your mind about wanting to go to poly. Its a good school and is only getting better just look at NYU tisch and poly video game design studio they just opened up</p>
<p>Yes I did heard about the video game design studio that was going to open across from poly in the Fall. I’m going to check out RIT first. I’m like 80% sure i’m going to pick NYU.</p>
<p>look at cost; my aid package for NYU Poly was horrible (EFC 5k basically 32k in loans)
I’ve been at RIT many times and Poly twice
Poly was my dream school especially with the NYU options (a handful of minor options plus basically any class as a humanities or elective). Loved the setting and size(only because it is attached to NYU) I have read that officially it will be complete in 2014 (haven’t checked very lately but it said by spring)
RIT has had video game design. The weather here isn’t great, mostly the biggest thing is it’s overcast quite a bit. Also we do get snow and it can be bad but realistically we only get a handful of days when it’s a big issue. RIT does have some tunnels connecting buildings. I will say that I think RIT has a better atmosphere than Poly, at least socially. It’s pretty nice, they have a FOSS lab, host hackithons, and some other things. They’ve been working on building up the commercial stuff around RIT and it’s close to a major retail area (Henrietta & Marketplace mall) and even MCC (it’s really good for a community college) if you need/want some cheap credits. It is however a place where having a car (or at least access to one) is important. Rochester’s public transit is pretty bad unless you’re going to/from downtown (which is less and less the focus of the area). Hockey’s the big sport (for RIT). RIT is about to switch to semesters (they were on trimesters/quarters). They also have a pretty big Co-Op program.
Syracuse is like a downtown campus and a larger school. I’ve only really been there for state football finals in the carrier dome. Can’t speak to much on stuff around the college but between the thruway and SU we did see 2 prostitutes wearing the same shirt or something (someone made a joke about how the must have the same pimp), and that certainly says something about the city. The real thing, from my understanding is that it’s not primarily an engineering/tech school whereas RIT and more so Poly really are.</p>
<p>Certainly consider RIT, keep in mind it’s significantly cheaper with a COA of like 46k vs closer to 60k. Poly is probably at least somewhat better for chemical maybe even mechanical engineering but I really wouldn’t know. Also RIT is really not a city campus.</p>
<p>I was planning on going to Poly but really can’t financially (unless I find 20k worth of scholarships) so I’m really looking at RIT but haven’t had an official visit yet. I’m computer engineering though.</p>
<p>I too had conflicts about going to Poly. I know it is an amazing school for computer programming but I’m not quite sure for chemical engineering. My cousin is going there for his MA in mechanical engineering, he did his undergrad in Villanova and now has a Job waiting for him in a firm somewhere in Northern NJ. I know this doesn’t help much for chemical but at the same time we may be able to duel major in chemistry as well :D</p>